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Green silk twill, calash style with four cane hoops; double, piped ruffle at brim, with drawstring of blue silk ribbon; gathered at center back oval panel inserted at center back; wide neck ruffle, quilted with horizontal bands, and lined with down; fully lined with green iridescent silk; narrow green silk ties at neck; pink interlining.
hoods (headgear)
headgear
cane (plant material)
down
quilting
silk (textile)
twill
Hood
Hood
Handwritten paper note pinned to neck ruffle: ""Green hood lined with Eiderdown / belonged to Miss Mary Otis / very old. Kept for curiosity / M. M. van Sinderen"". (see file)
Unknown
Gift of Mrs. Howard Van Sinderen
1933.1525
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